Recent Articles in Festivals
Free Indie Star Brooklyn Shows: Pool Parties at Brooklyn’s Williamsburg Waterfront
Ah, Jelly! You’ve done it again. Though the McCarren Pool is closed, Jelly has gone and found a spiffy, new, breezier seaside locale for their annual summer Pool Parties. And all with a view of the Empire State Building!
This summer’s stellar lineup, to be held on eight consecutive Sundays in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (July 12th – [...]
Siren Music Festival Announces Additions to Lineup
Additional performers have just been announced for the 9th annual Village Voice Siren Music Festival taking place on Saturday, July 18 at Coney Island. New artists to the bill include A Place to Bury Strangers, Thee Oh Sees, Tiny Masters of Today, Justine D, and the DeadHeat DJs.
Norway’s Oya Festival Lineup Confirmed with Fever Ray, Wilco, etc.
The land of Vikings, Odd Nerdrum, midnight sun, and music festivals, oh yeah! The final lineup for Norway’s Øya 2009, set in some of Oslo’s exquisite hills rising out of the Fjords (and just a short walk from the city center), has been announced, and will feature bands such as Fever Ray, Wilco, Grizzly [...]
Pitchfork Music Festival 2009 Adds to Lineup with The Thermals and More
Chicago’s hot and hazy 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival has just added to its eclectic lineup with Final Fantasy, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bowerbirds, and Michael Columbia for Saturday and The Thermals and Killer Whales for the equally stellar Sunday. The festival has always been an avid supporter of Chicago’s own bands, which is why they’ve wisely [...]
Coachella 2009: Saturday, Day 2, April 18, 2009: M.I.A., The Killers
Saturday was definitely crazier than Friday. Even though Friday was sold out, it seemed more tame because crowds had just driven in from work or were trying to “do” the Coachella festival while working from their blackberry on site. It’s not always that easy to find the stamina to rock after putting in your nine [...]
SXSW 2009 Day 4: Saturday, 3.21.09, Austin TX
We woke up early on an overcast Austin Saturday morning to meet with Silversun Pickups and shoot them for our feature in a friend’s nearby loft. The setting: the Silversuns lounging on a luxurious, Victorian carved bed, was quite cozy indeed, but it was too bad there wasn’t time to chat about their new [...]
SXSW 2009 Day 3: Friday, 3.20.09, Austin TX
Friday afternoons at SXSW are the most party-packed, but why pussyfoot around when Spin Magazine takes over Stubb’s, bringing on their annual bash just past noon, with a lineup more mouthwatering than the BBQ and slaw?
This year, the unstoppable Crystal Method spun for the lunch crowd, (which included Bloody Social singer/Calvin Klein model Jamie Burke, [...]
SXSW 2009 Day 2: Thursday, 3.19.09, Austin TX
Why dare to dream away the morning when there were spicy Bloody Marys, PBR tallboys and bands to be had just past noon at the Little Radio Party at Red Eyed Fly? We entered to hear the sunny, synth sounds of a New Wave act with hair (both bleached and unbleached) that was, admittedly, more [...]
SXSW 2009 Day 1: Wednesday, 3.18.09, Austin TX
A few minor catastrophes like storm clouds over Houston and flight delays may have gotten us into the thick of SXSW a few hours later than planned on opening day. However, after racing to get fitted with wristbands, we found our way over to Latitude 30, once again, the British Music Embassy’s official clubhouse, for [...]
A Pre-SXSW Chat with London’s The Chap
Mega Breakfast indeed, old chaps. I first stumbled across London pop quartet The Chap and their startlingly uplifting song, “Proper Rock”, while rifling through mp3s of seas of international acts playing SXSW 2009. Not only did they stand out for their witty, Flight of the Conchords-like lyrics, but their keen, almost dadaist, sense of play. [...]
